The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3GPP over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 387 404 451
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +47
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 5 9 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.022% 0.034% 0.013%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.174% 0.249% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 0
Average daily rate £381 £301 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £240
% change year-on-year
+18.18% +14.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2874 3613 3511
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.46% 13.57% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1776 2189 2018
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £220 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 143 228
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £15.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.85 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
3GPP
England

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing 3GPP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3GPP across the London region.

London 3GPP Daily Rate Trend

3GPP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3GPP across the London region.

London 3GPP Hourly Rate Trend

3GPP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London - 5 £381 -
Hammersmith - - - -
3GPP
England

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 3GPP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited 3GPP.

1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 6 (75.00%) Smartcard
3 3 (37.50%) Mobile Commerce
3 3 (37.50%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) GSM
3 3 (37.50%) NFC
4 2 (25.00%) 3G
4 2 (25.00%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (25.00%) LTE
4 2 (25.00%) EMV
5 1 (12.50%) SAML
5 1 (12.50%) 2G
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
5 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (12.50%) Agilent
5 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
5 1 (12.50%) UMTS
5 1 (12.50%) WLAN
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) IPv6
5 1 (12.50%) Juniper
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
5 1 (12.50%) Wireless
5 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (12.50%) OpenID
5 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) 4G
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing 3GPP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited 3GPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) GSM
1 3 (37.50%) NFC
2 2 (25.00%) LTE
2 2 (25.00%) 3G
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) 2G
3 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
3 1 (12.50%) UMTS
3 1 (12.50%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) IPv6
3 1 (12.50%) 4G
General
1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) IP Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Smartcard
2 2 (25.00%) EMV
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
3 1 (12.50%) Java Card
3 1 (12.50%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Mobile Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Management
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Juniper
1 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 1 (12.50%) Agilent
1 1 (12.50%) Broadcom
1 1 (12.50%) Renesas
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